Our lives have rather been overtaken by VNEB (Vauxhall and Nine Elms opportunity area) and the current northern line extension consultation.
We organised a public meeting in June with Val Shawcross, your Assembly Member, to review the consultation with over 100 residents and since then have had a series of meetings with TfL, treasury holdings, IMPACT residents group and Northern Line Extension Action Group to scrutinise the route proposals and the consultation in general.
Due to pressure from your representatives and residents the consultation has been extended to the 10th August. Have your say on the proposals at http://www.northernlineextension.com/
Last weekend we met residents for a social in Claylands Green with Impact residents association to further discuss their concerns, especially around the proposed ventilation shaft, and also the plans for improvements to Claylands Green.
We are now regularly meeting Steve Reed, leader of the Council, who is on the VNEB development board before board meetings to review the agenda and provide a local steer. We are pushing very hard for a guaranteed 10% of all development money to go into a community pot to secure a lasting legacy for local residents from the development. Otherwise we fear the Northern Line Extension will overspend and take all the community money.
We have also met with TfL on a number of occasions to push for a radical solution to the Vauxhall Gyratory, reinstalling two way traffic to take some of the speed out and also for a Vauxhall Square with active shop front to be considered.
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